Avoid the Primrose. It can quickly take over areas of 4' or less of depth.

As for wildlife plantings, try button bush, choke cherry, wild plum, blackberry, spicebush, any of the dogwoods, round-headed and slender bush clovers, and wild pear.

I'll start treating my wife as good as my dog when she starts retrieving ducks.
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